Florida school district
Governed by Walton County School Board · Fiscal year runs July 1 – June 30
Official proposed, adopted or amended budgets — plans for a fiscal year, not what was spent. Fiscal year runs July 1 – June 30.
Data availableOfficial adopted budget figures for FY 2025–FY 2026, read from the district's adopted budget as reported to the Florida Department of Education (District Summary Budget, form ESE 139). Compare years only within the same basis and status.Refreshed Nov 10, 2026.
Budgeted spending (appropriations) by function · Basis: General Fund (Fund 100) (The operating General Fund only; special revenue (e.g. food service, federal grants), debt service, capital projects and other funds are excluded) · excludes interfund transfers · excludes reserves
FY 2025–26 adopted budget: budgeted spending (appropriations) by function
Nominal USD. Select a category to see it across fiscal years on the same basis.
18 categories. Largest: Instruction $132M, Operation of Plant $17.5M, School Administration $11.3M.
Source: Florida Department of Education, Office of Funding and Financial Reporting, “Walton County School District — District Summary Budget, FY 2025–26” (retrieved Nov 10, 2026), Section II, General Fund 100, Appropriations (Total column), p. 4. Open source Comparison year: Source: Florida Department of Education, Office of Funding and Financial Reporting, “Walton County School District — District Summary Budget, FY 2024–25” (retrieved Nov 10, 2026), Section II, General Fund 100, Appropriations (Total column), p. 4. Open source
| Category | FY 2025–26 | FY 2024–25 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction | $132,278,410 | $124,097,389 | +6.6% |
| Operation of Plant | $17,515,127 | $17,549,746 | −0.2% |
| School Administration | $11,274,122 | $11,444,213 | −1.5% |
| Student Support Services | $8,295,342 | $6,784,775 | +22.3% |
| Student Transportation Services | $7,608,270 | $7,689,516 | −1.1% |
| Maintenance of Plant | $3,887,833 | $3,843,979 | +1.1% |
| Instruction-Related Technology | $2,697,373 | $3,252,482 | −17.1% |
| Instructional Staff Training Services | $2,581,889 | $2,272,462 | +13.6% |
| Instruction and Curriculum Dev. Services | $2,022,697 | $1,988,837 | +1.7% |
| Facilities Acquisition and Construction | $1,734,871 | $1,536,855 | +12.9% |
| Instructional Media Services | $1,482,775 | $2,378,887 | −37.7% |
| Central Services | $1,454,402 | $1,608,132 | −9.6% |
| Administrative Technology Services | $1,306,423 | $1,369,579 | −4.6% |
| Fiscal Services | $1,300,260 | $1,041,054 | +24.9% |
| Community Services | $971,000 | $980,748 | −1.0% |
| General Administration | $898,028 | $1,031,712 | −13.0% |
| Board | $845,933 | $989,925 | −14.5% |
| Food Services | $241,513 | $256,257 | −5.8% |
Total by fiscal year, same basis
Adopted budget totals as stated by the source, nominal USD. Select a year to load it.
FY 2025–26: Total $198,396,267
FY 2024–25 $190M, FY 2025–26 $198M
Official budget documents
Linked for reading; documents without a structured table are not charted.
Property-tax millage, FY 2025–26 (adopted budget): 4.2610 mills
One mill is $1 of tax per $1,000 of taxable value. Taxable value the levies apply to: $52,487,786,296.
| Levy | FY 2025–26 | FY 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|
| Required Local Effort | 1.6190 mills | 1.6380 mills |
| Prior-Period Funding Adjustment Millage | 0.0010 mills | 0.0090 mills |
| Discretionary Operating | 0.7480 mills | 0.7480 mills |
| Additional Operating | 0.5000 mills | 0.5000 mills |
| Additional Capital Improvement | 0.0000 mills | 0.0000 mills |
| Local Capital Improvement | 1.3930 mills | 1.3930 mills |
| Discretionary Capital Improvement | 0.0000 mills | 0.0000 mills |
| Debt Service | 0.0000 mills | 0.0000 mills |
| Total | 4.2610 mills | 4.2880 mills |
Source: Florida Department of Education, Office of Funding and Financial Reporting, “Walton County School District — District Summary Budget, FY 2025–26” (retrieved Nov 10, 2026), Section I, Summary Sheet (Assessment and Millage Levies), p. 1. Open source
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